de Sarthe is pleased to announce ReadySetFulfill, a special collaborative project by the gallery’s represented artist Andrew Luk and Samuel Swope, a Hong Kong-based artist and technologist. The exhibition is comprised of new artwork, including sculptural and multimedia installations that collectively form a sprawling drone racecourse throughout and around the gallery space. First Person View (FPV) competitive drone races are scheduled to occur during the course of the exhibition. ReadySetFulfill opens 13 March and runs through 8 May. 

The emerging sport of FPV drone racing features prominently both as live performance and as recorded video work. The races advance a conversation about humanity's relationship to speed and progress at large. They exemplify Philosopher Paul Virilio’s concept of “dromology,” (the science or logic of speed), a term he coined positing that the development of society and culture is akin to a race—with the fastest competitor being the most successful. Further still, drone racing also collapses the boundaries between man and machine. As pilots wear immersive VR headsets to pilot the drones via onboard cameras, their vision becomes the drones’ vision and their movements become the drones’ movements. This melding of man and machine manifests the collective desire to transcend our physical, mortal bodies and accelerate towards a more efficient, faster, and cybernetic existence.

Gallery address: 20/F, Global Trade Square, No. 21 Wong Chuk Hang Road